Spring Break
Students 'get a clue' at campus event
Elise Phillips, Assistant Pulse Editor
Issue date: 9/17/08 Section: News
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From the Resident Hall Association to Dominos, students had a chance to mill around tables topped with freebies and information from 1-4 p.m.
T-shirts, pens, soda cozies, plastic cups, key chains, gift certificates and sunglasses were some of the items given away by vendors at the event. Quiznos restaurant even gave passers-by a free sample of their pita-bread enwrapped "sammies," filled with toppings like grilled chicken, bacon and melted cheese.
Other organizations, like University Manor, gave event-goers a chance to win free stuff, like a cooler filled with Pirate gear.
Facecard, a company that offers pre-paid Mastercards to its users, set up shop at the Get A Clue event to make students aware of their product.
"Facecard is really geared toward students," said Griffin Coxe, senior public relations major and sales representative for the company. "We wanted to get the word out to students [because] Facecard is kind of a new company."
Koinania Christian Center, a local church, also manned a table at the event. Senior health fitness specialist major and church member Daryl Hardy said that he felt that the event was a good way to interact with other students.
"We came out here to witness and show the love of Christ," Hardy said. "We [also] came out here to extend the hand of fellowship [to students]."
Student organizations also joined the troupe of informational tables to meet and greet potential members.
One of those student organizations was S.A.L.S.A. (Student Association Latino-Spanish Affairs).
"We're trying to get people to come to our group [and] know more about [it]," said student Grace Polo-Wood, chair of S.A.L.S.A.'s dance committee. "This seems like a good way to do it."
The Get A Clue event was organized by the ECU Office of Student Organizations. The purpose of the event was to give student and local organizations and local businesses the chance to interact with students.
This writer can be contacted at editor@theeastcarolinian.com.
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